Winery Georges VigourouxTradition Familiale Merlot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Tradition Familiale Merlot of Winery Georges Vigouroux in the region of Pays d'Oc often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak.
Food and wine pairings with Tradition Familiale Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Tradition Familiale Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Tradition Familiale Merlot
The Tradition Familiale Merlot of Winery Georges Vigouroux matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pasta al forno (baked pasta) or stuffed rabbit in the oven.
Details and technical informations about Winery Georges Vigouroux's Tradition Familiale Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Tradition Familiale Merlot from Winery Georges Vigouroux are 2016, 2017, 2018
Informations about the Winery Georges Vigouroux
The Winery Georges Vigouroux is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 108 wines for sale in the of Pays d'Oc to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pays d'Oc
Pays d'Oc is the PGI for red, white and rosé wines that are produced over a wide area of the southern coast of France. The PGI catchment area corresponds roughly to the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region, one of the largest wine regions in France. The area covers all wines that are not produced under the strict laws that govern AOC-level appellations in the regions: among them, Corbières, Minervois and the Languedoc appellation itself. The Pays d'Oc PGI is arguably the most important in France, producing the majority of the country's PGI wines.
The word of the wine: Reims Mountain
Between Épernay and Reims, a large limestone massif with varied soils and exposure where pinot noir reigns supreme. Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay, Verzy, etc., are equivalent to the Burgundian Gevrey-Chambertin and Vosne-Romanée. There are also great Chardonnays, which are rarer (Mailly, Marmery, Trépail, Villers).
